by Glen | Jun 24, 2020 | interest rates, Private Lending, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
The stock market has been pricing in a fast and rapid V-shaped recovery, yet 106 million people and various businesses like United Airlines are painting a radically different picture. As Alan Greenspan, the former fed chief, famously said: markets can exhibit...
by Glen | Mar 5, 2020 | Coronavirus 2020 real estate impact, General real estate financing information, Hard Money in the News, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money
The picture above is a bit more relaxing to look at as opposed to the media barrage of the coronavirus and stock market (do you know where I took the pic, hint in CO, email me if you know). The Coronavirus has caused stock markets around the world to quickly sell off...
by Glen | Aug 20, 2019 | Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
The National Association of Business economists (NABE), the premier professional association for business economists counting Alan Greenspan as their past president, just released their business outlook predictions placing the odds of a recession in the next two years...
by Glen | Apr 25, 2019 | commercial hard money, Commercial Lending valuation, hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Real Estate economic trends
We are well into 2019 and recession risks seems to have faded into the rear view mirror. Is this a facade? Are we out of the woods yet? What changed? The biggest wildcard going into 2019 was the pace and number of increases from the federal reserve. What has...